(Reuters) – New York State health officials on Saturday said they were investigating a health care provider in Brooklyn on suspicion of violating state guidelines for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
ParCare Community Health Network ‘may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccine, passed it on to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines and passed it on to members of the public – in violation of the state ‘s plan to apply it to health care in the first place. workers, as well as residents and nursing homes, ”State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said in a statement.
“We take this very seriously and DOH will assist the state police with criminal investigation into this matter,” he added.
ParCare said it is working with state authorities. In a statement, the company said it was striving “to provide critical health care services and administer COVID-19 vaccines to those who are qualified to receive them under the guidelines of the New York Department of Health, which health workers in include the first line and first response. “
It posted photos on the Moderna vaccine on its Facebook page on Tuesday, saying the centers received the treatment that morning, five days after it was posted that it was ‘authorized to distribute the vaccine’ to people who met certain criteria completed.
“ONE SMALL INJECTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY!” it said.
(Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; Edited by William Mallard)